In this example we are going to create a sample brush from this picture of a…spider web and we are going to have Illustrator help Photoshop out in the…creation of this brush.…Then we are going to use this brush to create an image like this one where we…put this spider web over this bowl of fruit, the original image looks like that.…I am going to start out in Illustrator where I'll go to the File menu and choose…Place and the file I want is in the Chapter 8 folder.…

Spiderweb_begin okay now here what we are going to do is we are going to live trace this.…But we are not just going to live trace it, we are going to live trace it and we…will see the result is not quite what we want.…So we are going to take advantage of the fact that this is a linked file,…based upon the feedback that we get from live trace will go back to Photoshop…make a few modifications, come back and see them update in Illustrator with the live trace.…Then we are going to copy the result back to Photoshop sample that as a brush,…

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9/6/2011

In this course, author Nigel French shows how to use textures to create visual interest, heighten realism, and add dimension to Photoshop artwork. The course demonstrates how to apply multiple filters and paint in effects with layer masks, combine textures with images using layer blending modes, use brushes to paint in and accentuate texture, and create brush presets by sampling textures from photographs. The course also shows how to automate the application of textures with actions.